Nice jeans. What brands would you recommend?
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Levis ... I am pushing 72 and just picked up another pair of 501s (5'10"/150 lb.).
I wear 501's much of the time. There is, however, a caveat. As with dressier trousers, there is considerable variation in how jeans fit, in particular as regards rise and volume.
Which jeans are right for you depends on more than just one's waist and inseam measurements. It also depends on how you like to wear your pants, and on how you're proportioned.
I think jeans look best when worn low, on the hips. Jeans worn at the natural waist don't look right to me.
That said, our youngest son, who lives in Montana and is six foot four, wears his jeans at his waist, and looks great. The cowboy boots he usually wears enhance the aptness of his choice.
If Levi 501's aren't to your liking, and other Levi styles don't fit well, check out Lee and Wrangler brands of jeans. They are popular, and look good on some people.
I usually wear a sport coat with 401's at the hips, if I'm wearing slacks with a jacket, or, if I'm wearing a suit, I wear suspenders with the waistband of the pants at or above my natural waist.
I don't think the sport coat -- jeans combination with high-rise dad jeans is at all flattering.
I hope this is helpful.
Regards,
Gurdon
Which jeans are right for you depends on more than just one's waist and inseam measurements. It also depends on how you like to wear your pants, and on how you're proportioned.
I think jeans look best when worn low, on the hips. Jeans worn at the natural waist don't look right to me.
That said, our youngest son, who lives in Montana and is six foot four, wears his jeans at his waist, and looks great. The cowboy boots he usually wears enhance the aptness of his choice.
If Levi 501's aren't to your liking, and other Levi styles don't fit well, check out Lee and Wrangler brands of jeans. They are popular, and look good on some people.
I usually wear a sport coat with 401's at the hips, if I'm wearing slacks with a jacket, or, if I'm wearing a suit, I wear suspenders with the waistband of the pants at or above my natural waist.
I don't think the sport coat -- jeans combination with high-rise dad jeans is at all flattering.
I hope this is helpful.
Regards,
Gurdon
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"No creases!" I may be inclined to agree with your assessment, but you are going to have to convince Mrs Eagle about that. LOL.
Can you advise on who makes a high rise jean?
Jeans that sit closer to one's natural waist, versus lower towards the hips. As @Gurdon pointed out, different fits work for different people, and in my observation jeans with a lower rise in general work better for slim, normally proportioned guys. Actually, most clothing works better for slim, normally proportioned guys!
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@prof - I've tried denim jeans from the following four brands, and so far I quite like them all.
https://dearborndenim.us/collections/mens-jeans ($65)
https://www.dstld.com/shop/mens-best-sellers ($85)
https://mugsyjeans.com/ ($98)
https://www.mottandbow.com/ ($100-$120)
The one thing they all have in common, is that they all have some form of stretch (spandex, or stretch blends).
To be honest, I never thought I'd spend that much for a pair of denim jeans, but they are all very nice looking jeans and extremely comfortable.
Also, none of them could even remotely be classified as "dad" jeans
https://dearborndenim.us/collections/mens-jeans ($65)
https://www.dstld.com/shop/mens-best-sellers ($85)
https://mugsyjeans.com/ ($98)
https://www.mottandbow.com/ ($100-$120)
The one thing they all have in common, is that they all have some form of stretch (spandex, or stretch blends).
To be honest, I never thought I'd spend that much for a pair of denim jeans, but they are all very nice looking jeans and extremely comfortable.
Also, none of them could even remotely be classified as "dad" jeans
Interesting to see I've the exact opposite opinion. I think low-rise anything looks awful on people, jeans getting no exception. Low rise pants with sports coats looks unbalanced
If higher rise jeans are dad jeans, then I'm on board!
Wrangler's Cowboy Cut.
My wife has just informed me 501s are dad jeans. She says that in order to escape dad jeans I need to pony up for skinnier designer jeans. As a tried and true TNSIL I'll just wear khakis instead. They are more comfortable.
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In Levi’s try the 511.
501 slim taper are also ok but probably not made anymore.
501 definitely dad jeans, if you have a dad’s (i.e., somewhat larger waste to length ratio) body. If you have a slim body, they wear slim themselves. I think they may be straight cut, and at any rate in my experience the amount of bagginess increases with the waist size.
Thinking about this, young men today appear to be everybit as overweight if not more than their elders, but the weight is less concentrated in the waist. In a young man with fat butt and thighs 501’s are probably not as baggy looking.
501 slim taper are also ok but probably not made anymore.
501 definitely dad jeans, if you have a dad’s (i.e., somewhat larger waste to length ratio) body. If you have a slim body, they wear slim themselves. I think they may be straight cut, and at any rate in my experience the amount of bagginess increases with the waist size.
Thinking about this, young men today appear to be everybit as overweight if not more than their elders, but the weight is less concentrated in the waist. In a young man with fat butt and thighs 501’s are probably not as baggy looking.
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For me, Uniqlo jeans best suit my thin legs.
I "think" I may understand her perspective. 501's are uber-traditional straight leg jeans, with a normal rise and a medium leg. More "contemporary" looking jeans (I also am currently very partial to Uniqlo) are of a lower rise and narrower (thankfully not skinny) leg, and that's my current personal preference, although I'm aged enough that my 501's are essentially vintage and still get occasional wear.
If you decide to stick with Levis as a brand I might suggest either the 514 (slim) or 513 (slim-er) cuts, and steer you away from the 505, which you spouse might view as decidedly "dad-like".
It is now practically impossible to find the shrink to fit 501s that start out stiff and dark and age and fade and soften, even harder in my size. I have always worn my jeans low but hate it when the ends drag behind me. So I like 34x28. I still have, somewhere, my heavily patched ones from college. I wish I could still get into them!
Agreed, although the internet is a huge help. My "old" 501s are those shrink to fit, but I'm way to old (and lazy) to go through that kind of effort. Additionally, I don't "live" in jeans like I used to when I first purchased them. My concessions to age is buying them in a "ready to wear out of the box" condition, correct length and all. I haven't worn a pair of jeans such that they looked worn in probably 15 years. That pair, a set of Levis 514's, got so much use they wore thru in the places where you really can't wear them anymore, although I don't have the heart to throw them out!
There's going to come a time when *all* jeans are "dad jeans" - it's less and less common (in my subjective experience) to see young people wearing jeans. It's definitely no longer a uniform of youth.
I hesitate to recommend my preferred jeans brand, because I had to ignore a number of factors to buy them, but they *work*. They fit well, they're not "low rise" but not "manager pants" either, and they're available in a very dark wash (my preference)... but the brand is a girl's name (why?) and they have spandex in them (for stretch, hence the comfort). They are "Paige" jeans.
I wear the "Normandie" straight-leg cut, and they are available in an inky, midnight-dark indigo (among other colors). They just look and feel very nice. Decidedly not "dad" jeans, but neither will they prevent one from eventually becoming a dad (again, thank you, spandex).
There are slimmer cuts than the Normandie, but daily cycling and 90 weighted squats a week slide me a little to the T-Rex side of fits, hence the standard straight, but the "flex" of the jeans keeps everything north of the crotch from sagging.
Retail is ~$200, but I usually find them at Bloomingdale's on sale for 150ish. https://www.paige.com/men/pants/normandie-straight
Attached pic is the Normandie in "inkwell", not the exact color I have but to illustrate a darker (very) wash.
DH
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I hesitate to recommend my preferred jeans brand, because I had to ignore a number of factors to buy them, but they *work*. They fit well, they're not "low rise" but not "manager pants" either, and they're available in a very dark wash (my preference)... but the brand is a girl's name (why?) and they have spandex in them (for stretch, hence the comfort). They are "Paige" jeans.
I wear the "Normandie" straight-leg cut, and they are available in an inky, midnight-dark indigo (among other colors). They just look and feel very nice. Decidedly not "dad" jeans, but neither will they prevent one from eventually becoming a dad (again, thank you, spandex).
There are slimmer cuts than the Normandie, but daily cycling and 90 weighted squats a week slide me a little to the T-Rex side of fits, hence the standard straight, but the "flex" of the jeans keeps everything north of the crotch from sagging.
Retail is ~$200, but I usually find them at Bloomingdale's on sale for 150ish. https://www.paige.com/men/pants/normandie-straight
Attached pic is the Normandie in "inkwell", not the exact color I have but to illustrate a darker (very) wash.
DH
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